Dispatches from UKREiiF: Ed Murray, Studio Moren
Isabel Allen2025-05-22T13:03:08+01:00AT chats to Ed Murray from Studio Moren about the haunting echo of value engineering and the joys of designing high end hotels.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Kirsty Angerer, HLW
Isabel Allen2025-05-22T12:24:00+01:00AT chats to Kirsty Angerer from HLW about the role of the professional ergonomist, the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor, the pressing need for strong leadership and the tension between innovation and human needs.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Al Scott
Isabel Allen2025-05-21T15:43:03+01:00AT chats to Al Scott from IF_Do about socially purposeful architecture and the role of collaborative design as a means of combatting inequality across the UK.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Mairi Laverty and Nicola McLachlan of Collective Architecture
Isabel Allen2025-05-21T13:36:59+01:00AT chats to Mairi Laverty and Nicola McLachlan from Collective Architecture about the upsides and downsides of operating as a collective.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Rob Wheaton
Isabel Allen2025-05-27T11:12:50+01:00AT chats to Rob Wheaton from Stride Treglown about Tai ar y Crd – a pattern book for the efficient delivery of housing using local materials and skills.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Jerry Tate
Isabel Allen2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00AT chats to Jerry Tate about tracking down brilliant clients, taking advice from Joe Morris and why UKREiiF is more fun than MIPIM.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: Mellis Haward
Isabel Allen2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00AT chats to Mellis Haward from Archio about finding the formula for healthy competition, housing nerdery and organised fun – and the secret of a good pub quiz.
Dispatches from UKREiiF: JJ Lorraine
Isabel Allen2025-05-20T17:18:52+01:00AT chats to JJ Lorraine from Morrow + Lorraine about persuading the GLA and local authorities to divert S106 budgets towards trainees, the joys of 'plug-and-play' and 'desk-to-bed' and submitting ideas to paper in the middle of the night.
Can you grow an underwater auditorium? Michael Pawlyn is giving it a go
Nelly Greig2025-05-19T15:21:28+01:00Director of Exploration Architecture Michael Pawlyn talks to AT about the vision behind 'Biorock Pavilion' — developed with Adam Holloway Architects, Arup and Charcoal Blue and exhibited at this year's Venice Biennale.
Dispatches from FOOTPRINT+: Michelle Sanchez
Jason Sayer2025-05-21T08:26:02+01:00Michelle Sanchez, Sustainability Lead at RSHP, shares insights from this year’s FOOTPRINT+ conference, reflecting on circularity, climate resilience, and RSHP’s efforts to integrate reuse and regenerative practice into mainstream design.
Dispatches from FOOTPRINT+: David Partridge
Jason Sayer2025-05-14T16:32:30+01:00David Partridge, Chair of the Governance Board for the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, shares insights from Footprint+ on embedding the standard into everyday practice and the growing seriousness with which the industry is tackling carbon and circularity.
Dispatches from FOOTPRINT+: Tim Pyne
Jason Sayer2025-05-14T16:04:50+01:00Tim Pyne, co-founder of FOOTPRINT+, reflects on how circular construction has moved from theory to practice — and why the event’s move to London is paying off.